That being said I’m going to keep these predictions short and sweet and my reasoning is two-fold. One I don’t want to dwell on it if I’m not going to be able to see the fights. Two, awww who am I kidding, I’m just being sour grapes. Is anyone in Northern VA ordering the fights?
Also if Dustin Hazelett would’ve fought, I would’ve had four of my favorite welterweight fighters to watch with him Johnson, Koshchek and Davis all fighting. However I like that he’s not fighting this gives him more time to be even more 100% the next time he’s in the ring.
Now despite the fact that the UFC has lost the Heavyweight title match that was supposed to be on this card, this is a stacked card for those of you who keep track of MMA starting with the Spike show.
Fights On Spike
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Middleweight non-title bout
Grove by decision or round 2 submission
Grove is Desperate for a win his job may be on the line, this fight will be the first of a streak of wins for him.
Ben Saunders vs. Marcus Davis
Welterweight non title bout
Marcus Davis by KO round 1 or decision
Davis is hungry after being slighted by the judges in the Hardy fight he’s not going to want to leave another one to the judges. If he’s caught in the Thai clench with Saunders he’ll dirty box his way out. This will be a tough fight but he will rise to the challenge.
Main PPV Card
Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni
Welterweight non title bout
Sadollah by split decision or submission
This will be a good fight, with both fighters looking to impress the UFC brass after suffering tough losses in their last outings respectively. However I think Sadollah should be the more tempered fighter and if he stays relaxed in the cage should be able to pick Baroni apart much like Joe riggs did. Baroni will win a round possibly on aggression and octagon control. Sadollah could end the fight with a submission which with the judging recently in MMA is a safe bet for him.
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Light-Heavyweight non-title bout
Nogueira by unanimous decision or round 2 TKO
For those of you who don’t know Lil Nog. He beat Alistair Overeem twice. However Luis Cane TKO’d Soduku (Sokoudjou) who KO’d Lil Nog. Bottom line this is going to be a good fight. Nogueira is bearing a little more of a chip on his shoulder as he was the twin who wasn’t picked to come to UFC with his brother initially. Also his fight experience and more notably his boxing experience will give him the slight edge over Cane as Steve Cantwell has strong stand up and was able to give Cane significant problems.
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
Welterweight non-title Bout
Volkmann by Submission
I don’t like Paulo Thiago, he should be 0-2 in the UFC. Volkmann seems pretty good. I’m going with Volkmann.
Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson
Welterweight non-title bout
Johnson by KO rd 2
As long as Johnson has better ground game than Cheick Kongo then he should be able to handily defeat Koshchek. If not, then he’s probably going to get wrestled and lose a decision. Koshchek will not beat Johnson on the feet though once he sees that he’s outmatched in the standup game he will undoubtedly go for the takedown. As long as Johnson can repeatedly stop Koshchek’s takedowns he will be able to stop the fight whenever he wants.
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
Light-Heavyweight non title bout
Ortiz by Unanimous decision or TKO round 2
If Tito is as healthy as he says he is, then this fight belongs to him. I have lost a lot of faith in Forrest after his last few fights.
Can someone tell me why Tito fought Ken Shamrock 3 times? After two wins why would you need a rubber match?
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